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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-37 (Hesed 25-33, Gevurah 34-37).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colonel Ardenti think the Holy Grail might actually be?
(a) The cup that held wine at the Last Supper.
(b) A term referring to the unbroken bloodline of Christ.
(c) A piece of an extraterrestrial's spaceship.
(d) A radioactive meteorite.

2. Where does Casaubon eventually choose to hide, in Chapter 1?
(a) In a periscope.
(b) Behind a large, decorative plant.
(c) Under a bench.
(d) In an empty vehicle.

3. What is the School of Comparative Irrelevance?
(a) Casaubon's nickname for the Knights Templar.
(b) A university, created by Diotallevi and Belbo, that teaches only pointless disciplines.
(c) Diotallevi's term for Bible study.
(d) A derogatory nickname for the University Casaubon attends.

4. How did the Knights Templar become rich?
(a) They were able to implement tithes of their own.
(b) They were allowed to keep loot that they won in battle.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) They were exempt from paying tithes.

5. In what year were the Knights Templar arrested?
(a) 1422.
(b) 1156.
(c) 804.
(d) 1307.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aglie say about the members of the group Casaubon is studying?

2. What word does Casaubon finally use to unlock Belbo's computer?

3. What Milanese bar do Casaubon and Belbo frequent?

4. What saint helped to establish and protect the Knights Templar?

5. Who is Gudrun?

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